Mid Canterbury Rugby Union

Allenton Club Day

Allenton Rugby Club celebrated its club day on Saturday 13 June, bringing together players, supporters, volunteers and families for a day that highlighted the club’s pride, tradition and depth across the grades.

The morning programme featured rippa and junior tackle action, with the next generation pulling on the Gold and Maroon and setting the tone with strong turnout and enthusiasm. The afternoon built nicely into Colts and Senior fixtures, drawing a strong home crowd and creating a great atmosphere at the Melrose Road ground.

A well-supported and well-run day, it was a fitting showcase of the strength of the Allenton club and the people who continue to drive it forward.

Congratulations to Grace George, named Sideline Supporter of the Day and awarded a Black & White Coffee Cartel Ashburton — a great reward for someone bringing energy and support from the sidelines.

Photos: Sophie Moore

🏉 MID CANTERBURY REPRESENTATIVE MUSTERS 🏉

The first of our 2026 Representative Musters is just around the corner, with the Colts Muster taking place next week!

🔴 COLTS (Born 2005, 2006 & 2007)
📅 Wednesday 24 June
🕡 6:30pm Start
📍 Field 3, Ashburton A&P Showgrounds

This is a great opportunity to meet the coaching and management team, showcase your abilities, and get involved in the representative programme.

Upcoming musters:

🟢 Under 16 (Born 2010 & 2011)
📅 Monday 6 July
🕐 1:00pm – 3:00pm
📍 Ashburton A&P Showgrounds

🔵 Under 18 (Born 2008 & 2009)
📅 Wednesday 15 July
🕐 1:00pm – 3:00pm
📍 Ashburton A&P Showgrounds

📝 Register here: https://forms.gle/RizLC3ua71XJgsbe7

Players can also register on the day/night of their muster.

Tag a teammate and help spread the word! 👇

Senior Draw - Week 14

It's finals weekend for the respective Combined Men's & Women's competitions, unfortunately no Mid Canterbury sides are featured, we don't care we'd rather focus on local footy anyway.

Senior B rolls on with Round 8 of the Centennial Mug, highlighted by a top-of-the-table clash between Mt Somers Rfc and Hampstead Rugby Club. With the Bruce Beckley Challenge Trophy on the line, this one shapes as a genuine contest between two in-form sides

In the Colts grade, competition leaders Allenton Rugby Club hit the road to Oxford, aiming to extend their unbeaten run. while Methven Rugby NZ also travel, taking on Ashley at Loburn with plenty at stake – a bonus point win over fourth-placed Ashley could see them break into the top four.

As always, support your team, keep it positive, and enjoy some community rugby this weekend.

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Love a good Gala
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At last night's 98th AGM for Mid Canterbury Rugby, we ended the evening with the opportunity to celebrate the awarded Life Membership of the union for Ged Rushton.
A long serving member of the rugby community in Mid Canterbury, Ged has not only played for Mayfield Rugby Club but also held positions of office across both the club and union landscape. Serving at Southern Rugby Club and also time involved engaging with New Zealand Rugby on behalf of Heartland Rugby, Ged has been instrumental in ensuring the Heartland's have a voice at the very top of our game.
A passionate supporter of rugby Ged reflected that one of the main highlights for him across all his years in the game is "the enjoyment that the kids and young players get from playing rugby" and seeing the joy that rugby brings to communities.
Ged is a worthy recipient of Life Membership, and we congratulate Ged on his recognition. Special Mention to Claire his lovely wife who has supported Ged through the time he has given to rugby and the times it has taken him away from his family, Claire we thank you.
Congratulations Ged Rushton!

Keeping Our Sidelines Positive

Rugby is built on community, respect, and the voices on the sideline that lift our players up. This season, we’re recognising those who bring the right kind of energy to our game.

With thanks to the team at & White Coffee Cartel Ashburton, each month we’ll be rewarding outstanding sideline support with $50 vouchers for those who help create a positive match day environment.

Let’s make our grounds a place of encouragement, respect, and pride. Get behind your team, back our players, and Keep It Positive.

Nominate your Sideline Legend by emailing [email protected] or follow the link below:

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=pBOThfXJa0yhIu1p9JKPGu8A7auJAKNDl5u1nSRnuvdUMjAwQkNHQktVSEFJOEJZSjZTMUtSNklEQy4u

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🏉 ARE YOU THE NEXT JASON TENNANT? 🏉

Mid Canterbury Rugby is seeking Expressions of Interest for a volunteer Mid Canterbury 'A' Team Manager.

This is more than just a team manager role – it's an opportunity to learn from one of the best and develop towards becoming the future Mid Canterbury Heartland Team Manager.

Working alongside our representative rugby programme, you'll gain valuable experience in team operations, logistics, communication, and everything that goes into supporting a successful representative environment.

If you're organised, reliable, passionate about rugby, and looking to get more involved in the game, we'd love to hear from you.

📞 For more information or to express your interest, contact:

Nathan Brown
Game Development Manager
027 338 9028

Massive ups to Nth Otago for their strong effort against Otago yesterday.

Unfortunately their loss becomes our win and means that we play for the Ranfurly Shield on the 24th July.

Get your tickets team and let’s support our team
MCRU Heartland - let’s do this

Not our fairytale ending but we gave it a good crack! Thanks to our supporters who backed us 🫶

Great to see so many registrations coming in already, Still plenty of time to still sign up.
Ako Wāhine is a women-only coaching programme designed by wāhine, for wāhine. Whether you're new to coaching at any grade, already involved with a team, or looking to build your confidence and knowledge, this course is for you.
Learn practical coaching skills
Grow your understanding of the game
Connect with like-minded wāhine
Build confidence in a supportive environment
Register now for our Ako Wāhine Foundation Coaching Course (Level 1), delivered in partnership with NZ Rugby.
Child-minding available, so parents can bring the kids along.
Monday 29th June
Ashburton A&P Showgrounds
Register here: https://www.nzrugby.co.nz/.../ako-wahine-registration-form
Give it a go – you might surprise yourself!

Senior Results

Allenton Rugby Club marked their club day in style on Saturday, celebrating strong wins through their Senior B’s and Colts grades in front of a lively home crowd. It was a fitting occasion and a great showcase of the club’s community spirit.

Friday night delivered heartbreak for our Women in their respective combined competition semi-finals. Despite the disappointment, full credit goes to all players and staff for outstanding campaigns, reaching the final four is a significant achievement, and attention now shifts to the Mid Canterbury competition.

All draws, results and ladders at midcanterburyrugby.co.nz